LITTLE TREAT: What We Wish We'd Never Written On The Internet
About this episode
The hosts discuss the implications of oversharing on the internet and the lasting impact of personal essays.
Outlouders, we’ve unlocked an exclusive subscriber episode for your long weekend listening pleasure. You're welcome. Remember when oversharing on the internet was a thing? The era of the ‘personal essay’ was a time when people poured their messy insides out for the world to read. Except now those stories are frozen in time. Forever. And the oversharing hangover is real. SUBSCRIBE to Mamamia and never miss a word of Out Loud. Plus get access to every story and our exercise app, MOVE. Mia, Holly and Em are unpacking the sometimes brutal backlash of ‘going viral’ over a deeply personal moment and the slightly awkward nightmare of your family and friends reading about your business online. So, is the personal essay dead – or have we all just moved to Substack? And, should some of those literal journal entries actually just stay in the drafts? Mia has thoughts. What To Listen To Next: Listen to our latest episode: Spoiled Pig Syndrome & Our List Of Things That Are Just Not Working Listen: Sorry Clare. There’s No Better Time To NOT Have A Baby Listen: The Boy ‘Mom’ Trap & Actually, We’ve Met Listen: The…
People in this episode
Hosts: Mia, Holly, Em
Topics covered
- oversharing
- personal essays
- going viral
- internet culture
- family dynamics
Keywords
- oversharing
- personal essay
- internet
- viral
- family
- backlash
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